N.Y. Port of New York Authority 154/21 § 4: No title

§ 4. The said commissioners, together with the commissioners appointed

from the state of New Jersey, shall have power to apply to the congress

of the United States for its consent and approval of the agreement or

compact signed by them; but in the absence of such consent of congress

and until the same shall have been secured, the said agreement or

compact shall be binding upon the state of New York in all respects

permitted by law for the two states of New York and New Jersey without

the consent of congress to co-operate, for the purposes enumerated in

said agreement or compact, and in the manner provided herein.